The shelved Mughal-e-Azam Initially, Asif started shooting the film with Chandramohan, DK Sapru, and Nargis playing Akbar, Salim and Anarkali, respectively.
Chandramohan in Sohrab Modi’s Pukar (1939).He was The Choice of K.Asif Salim In Mughal-e-Azam,He Died Before the Film Made
When Mughal Azam was Shelved Due to Death of Hero Chandramohan and Financer Left For Pakistan .This was Kamal Amrohi who Tried to Steel the Project But Failed and Finally he wrote Dialogues of The Film
The Shelved Mughal Azam with Nargis Photo on Film India Title Magazine
Initially, Asif started shooting the film with Chandramohan, DK Sapru, and Nargis playing Akbar, Salim and Anarkali, respectively.
Producer Sashadhar Mukherjee, under his banner Filmistan, made a film on the same story titled Anarkali in 1953, starring Bina Rai and Pradeep Kumar. It turned out to be a major musical hit.
The Shelved Mughal Azam Ad
Shah Rukh Khan’s father, Taj Mohammad Khan, was initially offered the role of Man Singh. He refused since he wasn’t interested in acting in films.
Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain was supposed to be part of the film. He once said, “I was considered for the role of the young Dilip Kumar. But the role was eventually played by Jalal Agha.”
Veena as Bahar in the shelved Mughal-e-Azam.
K.Asif On Sets of Mughal-e-Azam
K Asif's Sheesh Mahal (Mirror Palace from Mughal-e Azam
K.Asif
Anarkali with Bina Roy
Mughal-e-Azam
Mughal-e-Azam Madhubala was such a Great Actress She insisted on Heavy Chains due to wearing These Chains a Genuine Pain is Reflected on Her Face
The Epic Love Story
Dilip Kumar as Prince Salim
In 1944, K Asif started shooting Mughal-e-Azam with Shiraz Ali as the financier. However, Ali migrated to Pakistan after Partition and the film remained incomplete.
Mughal-e-Azam was the first Indian film to be coloured and re-released. Its second release took place in 2004.
Mughal-e-Azam remained India's biggest box-office hit for 15 years, until a film called Sholay was released in 1975.
Prithviraj Kapoor would look into a full-length mirror before every shot. When K Asif inquired about this, Kapoor said he did so in order to get into the skin of his character. Kapoor played the Mughal emperor Akbar.
The film took as long as 16 years to complete.
The song was re-written around 105 times. Composer Naushad made Lata Mangeshkar sing the song in the studio bathroom to get the right reverberation.
The song ‘Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya’ cost Rs 1 crore to film, an amount that was considered exorbitant even for an entire film in that era.
The tickets issued by Maratha Mandir contained pictures and trivia about the film. These tickets are now considered collector items.
Dev Anand’s character in Kala Bazaar (1960) is shown selling tickets for Mughal-e-Azam’s premiere show on the black market.
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